ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child to former superstar entertainment parents Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, was laid to rest in suburban Atlanta on Saturday, Aug. 1 amid a celebrity homegoing and throngs of fans.

The private funeral services at the St. James Methodist Church were closed to the media, so no account of the actual services were readily available. However, the somber proceedings included a cavalcade of celebrity friends of Bobbi Kristina, aka “Bobbi Kris” or “Krissy,” including movie mogul Tyler Perry, actor Michael Jai White, singer Michael Bivens of New Edition and Bell Biv Devoe, R&B star Monica Brown, reality star Phaedra Park and, of course, father Bobby Brown and the rest of the Brown and Houston families.

Fans were lined up behind a fence outside the church and recorded the melancholy atmosphere.

Below are some of the photos from the Bobbi Kristina funeral in metro Atlanta.

Despite entering a plea of not guilty due to legal maneuvering by his counsel team, Dylann Roof wants to admit to committing mass murder of nine black parishioners inside the Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., in June.

Roof’s legal representation entered a plea of not guilty in court to 33 federal charges that he executed churchgoers at point blank range during Bible service. His lawyers said their client will not plead guilty until such time that prosecutors divulge to their team if they decide to seek the death penalty, USA Today reports.

The judge in the case then entered a plea of not guilty plea for the murderous psychopath who could possibly face the death penalty stemming from federal charges of hate crimes, weapons charges, obstructing the practice of religion and a host of other felonies. Roof did not speak at the hearing except to say ‘yes’ to the judges questions.

It will be several weeks, it is being reported, before Roof has to reappear for pre-rial motions. He remains in jail without bond.

The complete raw footage of the University of Cincinnati police officer’s fatal encounter with an unarmed black father of 10 was released and shows the cop lying to colleagues and dispatchers about 20 times.

Officer Ray Tinsing has been indicted on charges of murder for the killing Sam Dubose after pulling the man over for a missing front license plate. Atlanta Daily World has already released a previous video partially showing the cop falsely reporting to others on the scene that he’d been dragged and feared his life was in danger, allegedly leading to Tinsing unloading a round into Dubos’ head

This video provides further evidence of Tinsing’s fabrications and lack of probable cause for the use deadly force.

Ebenezer Baptist Church is on the same block as The King Center on historic Auburn Avenue.

ATLANTA — Perhaps in defiance of the national move to remove the Confederate battle flag from government institutions, racist vandals tried to deface the historic church near the Martin Luther King Jr. Center where the Civil Rights icon and his father once preached.

Federal authorities are investigating why vandals placed four Confederate battle flags were found on the grounds of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, just a short walk from where MLK grew up.

According to Yahoo.com, a maintenance worker discovered the flags at approximately 6 a.m. Thursday and notified officers at the National Park Service, which operates The King Center.

“Our grounds men were so upset, they took pictures and then they moved them,” Rev Shannon Jones of Ebenezer told the AP. Park Service officers discouraged that move, saying the Confederate battle flag placement is evidence.

Even though there were no witnesses to the crime, authorities hope the video camera at the church will help federal and local police identify the assailant and any accomplices.

A conference on the role on black churches in social justice issues has been going on in Ebenezer’s facilities, Jones said.

The King Center complex sits just outside the eastern edge of downtown Atlanta along Auburn Avenue, once the epicenter of bustling black businesses and civil rights activities.

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CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — As the urbanites and the Justice Department fight incessantly to eradicate the deplorable string of black citizens being beaten, tortured and killed by white police officers unjustifiably, a former Georgia police officer in the south Atlanta suburbs was indicted on simple battery charges when he brutalized a homeowner after they were called to the scene on burglary charges.

A Clayton County grand jury indicted Ryan Hall and he was fired by the department after cell phone video proved he told lies on a police report. When officers were dispatched to the home, it was later learned that it was just Dhoruba Bin-Wahad, 69, moving into his new home.

Despite this knowledge, coupled with the fact that the black man made no aggressive moves, nor was he uncooperative with officers, he was beaten and thrown against the brick house. When he thought he was not being recorded on a cellphone video, Hall lied in his police report that Bin-Wahad was uncooperative.

The video tell a very different story.

Cellphone footage shows Hall slamming Binwahad to the brick ground.

“They can watch the video and see that he was brutalized,” attorney Mawuli Davis told WSB-TV.

Hall, who has since been terminated since the video was shown to his superiors, is now unemployed and now facing a simple battery charge.

Hall’s bond was set at $2,000.

“I don’t think he understands the full significance of what he did, and he probably believes in his mind that he was right,” Bin-Wahad said told WSB.

CINCINNATI — A Hamilton County, Ohio grand jury on Wednesday indicted University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing on charges for senselessly and needlessly shooting an unarmed black man to death a week ago.

Tensing killed Samuel Debose after stopping the father of 10 for not having a front license plate on his car near the UC campus on July 19.

When Tensing asked for Dubose’s license, the 43-year-old Debose handed him a bottle of alcohol and said he didn’t have his license on him.

After the traffic stop began with pleasantries, it quickly spiraled into a contentious exchange that ended with the officer quickly un-holstering his firearm and firing one shot into Debose’s head.

Here is how the exchange went on video, according to WCPO of Hamilton County:

“I just don’t. I’m sorry. I’m just going to go in my house,” DuBose says, with his car facing south on Rice Street in Mount Auburn.

“OK. Where do you stay at? Down here?” Tensing asks.

DuBose: “Right around the corner.”

Tensing: “OK, until I can figure out if you have a license or not, go ahead and take your seat belt off for me.”

Tensing pulls the door latch and opens the door a few inches.

DuBose pulls it closed with his left hand and uses his right hand to reach for the car key in the ignition.

“I didn’t even do nothing,” DuBose says.

“Go ahead and take your seat belt off,” Tensing says again.

DuBose turns the key to start the car and revs the engine, but the car doesn’t move.

Tensing reaches in the window with his left hand and appears to grab DuBose’s shoulder strap. He pulls his gun with this right hand, shouts, “Stop! Stop!” and shoots DuBose.

The car jumps forward and rolls down the street about 100 yards until it runs off the road and stops – engine still running.

Tensing and another officer run after the car. The other officer yells to Tensing, “Did you hit him?”

Tensing yells back, “I don’t know. I might have.”

With guns drawn, the two officers reach the car together and find DuBose slumped back in the driver’s seat.

Tensing reaches through the window with his left hand and turns the key to stop the engine.

Out of breath, Tensing says: “I thought he was going to run me over.”

Debose was killed immediately and pronounced dead at the scene.

Tensing tried to use the excuse that he feared for his life as he thought he was going to be run over, despite the fact that he was on the side of the vehicle when he discharged his firearm.

The officer repeated that rationalization multiple times to fellow officers and dispatchers, as the television station reports:

Tensing: “I thought he was going to run me over.”

Other officer: “You OK?”

Tensing: “I’m good.”

Later, Tensing speaks to the dispatcher:

“Thirty-three, I’m not injured. I almost got ran over by the car. He took off on me. I discharged one round. Struck the male in the head.”

More Tensing on the video:

“I just got tangled in the car. I thought I was going to get run over.”

“He just took off on me, man. I thought he was going to run me over.”

“I think I’m OK. He was just dragging me. I thought I was going to get ran over. I was trying to stop him.”

“Ugh, I thought he was going to run me over. He was dragging me…Yeah, he took off on me. My hand was caught inside.”

“I think I’m good [no injuries]. I missed his tires, luckily. I was just getting [dragged] by him.”

Tensing’s body camera footage has been viewed by Cincinnati, Ohio Police Chief Jeffrey Blackwell and City Manager Harry Black. Blackwell and Black called the footage “not good” and “disturbing.” They’re also hesitant to release the footage in fear that major protests and riots could follow.

The University of Cincinnati officials ordered a shut down of the campus in anticipation of uproar from students and Cincy citizens alike. Ironically, the attorney who successfully exonerated self-appointed neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in the death of Travyon Martin in Sanford, Fla., is the same attorney will represent the aggrieved black family in a case against the officer, the University of Cincinnati and the city.

ATLANTA — The district attorney for Fulton County, Ga. is seriously contemplating charges against Bobbi Kristina Brown’s boyfriend Nick Gordon now that she has passed away six months after being found face-down in a bathtub full of water.

The problem is, as previously reported by the Atlanta Daily World, the autopsy reports did not reveal any significant injuries that could have contributed to Krissy’s death. So how would the Fulton DA tie Gordon to her death?

The authorities allege that Gordon was the one who went out and procured the illegal drugs for Bobbi Kris on the day she was found in the bathtub on Jan. 31. The officers also know that the couple did do drugs that fateful morning.

Max Lomas

According to the entertainment blog, the police’s and prosecutor’s cases hinge on the third party who was in their suburban Atlanta home on Jan. 31, Max Lomas. He is allegedly being offered a deal to come clean about who got the drugs for Bobbi Kristina in exchange for “probation” and “immunity” from further prosecution and prison time.

If Lomas drops a dime on Gordon, then prosecutors may be able to hold Gordon responsible for knowingly and willingly supplying illicit narcotics to a known drug dependent, Bobbi Kristina, therefore contributing to the circumstances that eventually led to her death.

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. – During a black family’s celebration of a child’s birthday in suburban Atlanta, they had their party rudely interrupted by a caravan of racist white men in pickup trucks and Confederate flags, issuing threats to shoot the black people.

The verbally violent altercation popped off in the bedroom community about 15 miles west of Atlanta’s corporate limit as the African American family was enjoying child’s birthday party, the Atlanta’s Fox 5 reported. Suddenly a caravan of white men in trucks waving Confederate flags parked across the street from the family’s home.

The station said homeowner Melissa Alford, said the men began threatening them as one man with a gun said he would “kill the n—–s.” Alford said another man said, “give me the gun, I’ll shoot the n——s.”

Sensibly, the partiers, in fear that violence was imminent, called the local police, but according to the homeowner and fellow black partiers, the police did nothing despite the fact the trucks’ inhabitants were spewing terroristic threats to the blacks.

Instead, the caravan of trucks with Confederate flags were allowed to just leave without being questioned nor accosted. The police mysteriously did not ask the racist white men why they decided to stop in front of this home and wave their flags.

The suburban Atlanta townhouse where the deceased Bobbi Kristina Brown and boyfriend Nick Gordon lived in was “such a pigsty that it will need extensive work just to get it into good enough condition to sell,” the media has reported.

“It was pretty bad in there,” a source who was in their Roswell, Ga. home just before Bobbi Kristina was found face down in the bathtub on Jan. 31. “It’s destroyed — no one gave it love.”

According to radaronline.com, the condo should practically be condemned was not fit for human habitation.

As examples of the atrocious condition of the home:

“Dog feces and stains were everywhere and the hardwood was sticky and icky.”

The destruction was so severe, the source said, all the flooring will have to be deep cleaned or replaced.

“The walls were filthy so those will need new paint, too…It was awful,” the source revealed.

The condo was also overflowing with the couple’s belongings.

“Nick and Krissi would go on trips and fill suitcases with brand new clothes, then go on another trip and fill it with new clothes,” reveals the source. “So there were 15 to 20 luggage cases all over their floor.”

Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed four judges to oversee DeKalb County’s newly created traffic court, which is replacing the Recorder’s Court which was abolished amid a long-running scandal. The new judges will handle about 175,000 cases a year.

The new judges in the Traffic Division of DeKalb State Court are Fulton County Deputy District Attorney Shondeana Crews Morris; Sen. Ronald Ramsey Sr., D-Lithonia; Clayton County Senior Assistant District Attorney Brian Ross, and DeKalb Deputy Chief Assistant Solicitor General Keisha Storey.

The DeKalb Recorder’s Court was eradicated by state legislation after being entangled in deplorable legal battles over how it handled probation and traffic violations. Investigations found the court’s practices exploited the poor.

DeKalb County paid out an undisclosed amount to settle a federal lawsuit that found the county jailed indigents who could not afford to pay traffic fines and fees, further subjecting them to exorbitant fees and fines. Moreover, a new federal class action lawsuit accuses the county of trying traffic cases in the court for years, even though it lacked the proper jurisdiction, calling it “a scheme to generate revenue for a cash-strapped local government.”

The Georgia General Assembly in February passed H.B. 300 which abolished the Recorder’s Court with its functions absorbed into DeKalb State Court.

Several changes are being made in Dekalb’s new traffic court, which will operate from the same building as Recorder’s Court on Memorial Drive near Interstate 285, according to a letter from State Court Clerk, Melanie Wilson to the DeKalb Bar Association:

Private probation services will no longer be used, and all probation will be supervised by DeKalb State Court probation.

Defendants will be be given up to six weeks to pay off fines and fees as a way to avoid being placed on probation.

Monitors will be installed in the lobby to display defendants’ names and the courtrooms where they should appear.

Once a case is assigned to a judge, it will remain with that judge through disposition.

At least nine people will be dedicated to handle customer service phone calls from the public from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m, Monday through Thursday. They can be reached at 404-294-2099.

A former Habersham County deputy sheriff and special agent has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of providing false information in a search warrant affidavit and providing the same false information to obtain an arrest warrant, resulting in the “flash grenade” that critically injured and burned the infant known as Baby Bou Bou, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Providing false evidence to a judge to obtain a warrant is a federal civil rights violation.

“Our criminal justice system depends upon our police officers’ sworn duty to present facts truthfully and accurately – there is no arrest that is worth selling out the integrity of our law enforcement officers,” said Acting U.S. Attorney John Horn. “In this case, Autry is charged with making false statements to a judge in order to obtain search and arrest warrants. Without her false statements, there was no probable cause to search the premises for drugs or to make the arrest. And in this case, the consequences of the unlawful search were tragic.”

The law firm of Davis Bozeman Law held a press conference to announce the indictment and the efforts to seek justice for Baby Bou Bou.

“Integrity is an absolute cornerstone for those who serve in law enforcement and today’s federal indictment of former Deputy Sheriff Autry, sadly, clearly illustrates the results when there is a departure from that ever important core value. The FBI will continue to provide investigative assets and resources toward investigating and presenting for prosecution allegations of law enforcement misconduct as seen here,” said J. Britt Johnson, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Atlanta Field Office.

According to Acting U.S. Attorney Horn, the indictment, and other information presented in court: Autry worked for the Habersham County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Office from 2004 to 2014. On the night of May 27, 2014, Autry and other members of the NCIS team were attempting undercover narcotics buys from various subjects in Habersham County.

Eventually, a brand new NCIS informant and two of his associates – his wife and a roommate – went to a residence located in Cornelia, Georgia. The informant’s roommate, who was not officially working with NCIS, approached the residence and allegedly purchased a small quantity of methamphetamine from an individual unknown to him who was standing outside the residence. There was no police surveillance to verify the purchase. Shortly afterwards, Autry presented an affidavit to a Habersham County magistrate judge falsely swearing that the NCIS informant made the purchase and that the NCIS informant was “a true and reliable informant who has provided information in the past that has led to criminal charges on individuals selling narcotics in Habersham County.”

The federal indictment alleges that Autry knew the NCIS informant had not purchased any methamphetamine from anyone at the residence and the NCIS informant had not proven himself to be reliable in the past. Additionally, the indictment alleges that Autry had not confirmed that there was heavy traffic in and out of the residence. Based on this false information, the magistrate judge issued a “no-knock” search warrant for the residence and an arrest warrant for W. T., who allegedly sold the methamphetamine. The warrant obtained by Autry was executed approximately two hours later, during the early morning hours of May 28, 2014.

During the execution of the search warrant, a Habersham County deputy sheriff tossed a “flash and noise distractionary device,” also known as a flash bang grenade, into a side door of the residence. The flash bang grenade was thrown directly into the room where an 18-month-old toddler was sleeping. The grenade landed inside the toddler’s playpen and critically injured him. The toddler and his family had been staying at the residence for approximately six weeks prior to the search. They are relatives of the lawful occupants of the residence. W. T. was arrested shortly after the flash bang incident at a nearby residence.

Nikki Autry, 29, of Clarkesville, Georgia, will be arraigned by a U.S. Magistrate Judge. The indictment charges Autry with four counts of civil rights violations for willfully depriving the occupants of the residence of their right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures by a police officer and for knowingly depriving W. T. of his right to be free from arrest without probable cause.

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His family spoke out Monday afternoon with a heartfelt message about her passing.
“The is devastating passing of Bobbi Kristina to Nick and our family,” a statement, released by his momMichele Gordon said.

“Nick loved and cared for Krissi deeply, and he has suffered greatly each and every day they’ve been apart,” she continued. “Nick and our family are in mourning, and we ask that you respect our privacy. Our thoughts and prayers are with both the Houstons and the Browns during this difficult time.”

As has already been reported, Gordon practically begged to see “Krissy” after she’d been hospitalized and put into a medically-induced coma her after her hospitalization in January. Both Houston’s and Brown’s families vehemently objected and threatened him with violence if Gordon even appeared Krissy’s hospital.

Gordon quickly spiraled out of control, appeared on Dr. Phil’s show professing his addiction to both prescribed and illicit drugs and entered rehab. Once he got out, he shacked up with his biological mother in Florida. As to where his biological mother was when he got adopted by the late Whitney Houston, that’s another story.

When you are intimate with someone else, you trust them enough to share your secrets. As God, Jesus already knows everything about you anyway, but when you choose to tell him what’s hidden deep within you, it proves you trust him. This translates to song as well. You can tell when someone knows Him and when someone is going through the motions. Michelle Williams opened up with the beautiful song ‘Believe In Me‘ off her album ‘Journey To Freedom‘. The whole album focuses on being a friend to Jesus and in tuen he will befriend you.

Terrill Hill sang the song ‘Jesus Be A Fence’. During his tutoring Kim Burrell wanted him to be more sure of his notes. The song was originally performed byFred Hammond. Kirk Franklin loved his performance

Yolanda Adams: I am so proud of what we see now. We get to see the greatness of God through

Tiquila Wilson Kim enjoyed her laid back vibe and hip hop delivery. ‘Hold On Change is Coming’ by Sounds of Blackness was her choice. Kirk queried whether she cold rap in her hip hop outfit she chose to wear.

The late Bobbi Kristina’s adopted brother-turned-boyfriend is reportedly on suicide watch for three main reason associated with the late daughter of the legendary Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.

Nick Gordon is said to be inconsolable and having his emotions ricocheting in every direction following “Krissy’s” death Sunday afternoon. Godon, who was banned from seeing her by the Brown and Houston families, believes BK would have woken up if she had had the chance to hear his voice.

Just hours after Bobbi Kristina Brown transitioned, a source close to him told HollywoodLife.com: “His emotions are out of control right now. Nick is on suicide watch, he is out of control and with regret and sadness.

“He keeps saying that if only (Bobbi Kristina) had heard his voice, things would have been different. She may have lived.”

Nick, 25, and Bobbi Kristina, 22, had set a wedding date for August prior to her tragic fate, says cousin Jerod Brown.

While Gordon is nursing his emotional wounds over Bobbi Kristina’s death, he is also embroiled in two volatile and potentially devastating circumstances of his own.

First, he is the subject of an investigation by the Fulton County District Attorney’s office when it was learned that Bobbi Kris was being removed from life support medication and taken to a suburban Atlanta hospice to live out her final days. Doctors had reported to authorities that BK had bruises on her face and other parts of her body, while media had reported that Gordon had been physically abusive to her ever since Bobbi Kristina’s mother’s death, the late Whitney Houston.

Moreover, Gordon was served with a $10 million lawsuit by Bobbi Kristina’s conservators, accused of both physically assaulting her and stealing thousands of dollars of cash.

Nick and Max Lomas attempted to revive her at the scene but after being rushed to a local Atlanta-area hospital where Bobbi Kristina was placed in an induced coma.

After being transferred to the Emory University Hospital, she was finally transported to the Peachtree Christian Hospice where she was taken off of life-sustaining medication and spent her final days.

DECATUR, Ga. — The NAACP’s DeKalb chapter is facilitating free health screenings for hypertension and diabetes on Aug. 1 at the DeKalb NAACP Health Fair at the Gallery at South DeKalb Mall on Candler Road.

The fair, which is co-hosted by Commissioner Larry Johnson will also include nutrition and weight counseling, back-to school dental exams, HIV/AIDs Testing and school supplies.

Bobbi Kristina, the daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, has died at the age of 22.

Krissy passed away in a suburban Atlanta hospice care facility where she’s been since June 24 when her family decided to take her off the life support system that had kept her alive, albeit brain dead, for the past six months.

The family says Bobbi Kristina was surrounded by family and, “She is finally at peace in the arms of God, tmz.com reported.

Bobbi Kristina was found submerged in her bathtub on January 31, face down, and had been unconscious for anywhere between between 2 and 5 minutes. Paramedics were able to resuscitate her, but she was in a medically induced coma and placed on life support. She never regain consciousness.

Pat Houston and Bobby Brown, the co-guardians for Bobbi Kristina, were the ones who decided to order doctors to take away the life-saving medications.

As for Nick Gordon … District Attorney Paul Howard of Fulton County in Atlanta said his office had gained greater interest in speaking with Bobbi Kristina’s alleged “husband” about how Bobbi Kristina wound up in the condition she was found in their townhouse in Roswell, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta. Doctors at the local hospital in Gwinnett County reportedly found bruises on Bobbi Kristina’s face and body after Gordon and a friend, Max Lomas, found her in the tub.

Lomas, a close family friend, reportedly did drugs with both Bobbi Kristina and Nick Gordon for years.

The manner of Krissy’s death is eerie when you consider that her legendary mother was found dead face-down in a tub of water on the eve of the Grammy Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., three years ago.

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